Jim Risch actually said...

"I will support ASEAN in continuing to restrict Burma's representation at senior-level ASEAN events."

"I echo Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield's observation 'that a Mali isolated from its community of nations and ECOWAS is not where Mali wants to be.'"

"If confirmed, I will not hesitate to raise issues of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law with my counterparts."

"I will continue to stand firmly with the Malian people in their aspirations for democracy, peace, development, and respect for human rights."